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Research Associate
Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research
Expertise: Conservation, Biodiversity Change
I am interested in how people’s actions affect the world’s wildlife. My work involves analysing massive datasets on a computer.
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More about Charlie:
I use big data on biodiversity to look at how human actions impact on wildlife. This might be how farming can be bad for wildlife, or how climate change affects insects.
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What gives plants the ability to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen?
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How do plants produce oxygen?
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Is it true that plants release CO2 during night and that I should not have one in my room?